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Adoption Leave

Paid Benefit

• Missionaries will receive fully paid Adoption Leave, based on the availability of funds in the account for which they are responsible, for 2 weeks for an adoption placement to care for the child or children.
• Full-Time, PT-30, PT-25, and PT-20 employees are eligible for this leave.
• Missionaries may request an additional 2 weeks of paid Adoption Leave. To request this extension, please...are they requesting this from supervisor or from Program Team?missionaries should contact their Program Team. Supervisors will need to approve the extension.
• These 2 weeks (or 4 weeks, if extension is approved) do not need to be taken immediately or consecutively, but they can be taken any time within the first 3 months after the adoption. They can also be taken before the adoption is finalized, if needed.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, each missionary will receive the 2 weeks of Adoption Leave.

Leave of Absence

• The adoptive parent may take his or her available PTO, as well as unpaid leave, totaling up to 12 weeks of leave.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, they may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave. 
• See the Family and Medical Leave section of the Leave of Absence policy.

To notify Reliant of your Adoption Leave, please email your Program Team and CC your supervisor.